Stoke Residents hail UKIP and Brexit but take a swipe at Labour for ignoring their city

Speaking on BBC Newsnight, long-standing residents from the city which largely voted to Leave the EU, expressed their sadness that the Government was slowly becoming unaffiliated with them, but claimed voting Brexit and Ukip will put them back on the map.

June Collier, a local resident claims Labour has lost touch with the city as she said: “We’d always voted Labour but Labour are fighting amongst themselves. There doesn’t seem to be any leadership there.

One of very few conservatives in Stoke, Angela Smith said she became angered when her home town was branded “racist” and “unintelligent” by elitists who claimed they did not know what they were voting for during the EU referendum.

Ms Smith remarked: “Those people who aren’t from Stoke or have just seen we voted 70 per cent to Leave, think that we’re probably racist and unintelligent, but that’s far from the truth.”

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Angela Smith from the Stoke City Supporters Club dismissed claims that residents were racist and stu